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Projects

Are you wondering what to do for a chest of drawers makeover? There are tons of ways to update it, and I chose a little paint and fabric.

Super Easy Chest of Drawers Makeover with Video

Do you want a DIY solar light post? With just a few inexpensive materials you can make your own and save tons of money!

Awesome and Easy DIY Solar Light Post

Are you looking for a painted side table? Don't want to spend a fortune? You can easily flip furniture on a budget. I found this table at a garage sale for just $5 and turned it into decor we love.

Beautiful and Easy Painted Side Table with Video

Are you looking for butterfly hair clips? Here are some easy DIY updates you can make to those clips and headbands.

Awesome DIY Butterfly Hair Clips and Headbands with Video

Are you wondering what to do with old blinds? Here are several easy ways to upcycle them and put them to great use in your home.

What To Do With Old Blinds: 10 Easy Ways To Upcycle

Do you want to upcycle clothes? There are several ways and in this article, we'll be covering giving your clothes an update with embroidery.

How To Upcycle Clothes With Embroidery

Are you looking for an easy DIY pumpkin hat? I bought an inexpensive hat and added some yarn or stick-on felt to make these 2 options on a budget.

Easy DIY Pumpkin Hat on a Budget: 2 Options

Are you looking for an easy way to update a boring bag? Look no further! Update that bag with rub on transfers and go from boring to WOW

Rub on Transfers: Super Easy and Exciting Way To Update a Boring Bag

Are you wondering how to decorate a tote bag? I have a few super easy ideas and all you'll need are a few supplies from Dollar Tree

How To Decorate A Tote Bag: Easy and Awesome Dollar Tree DIY

Are you looking for easy iron-on patch instructions? Look no further as I have 3 different easy iron-on tutorials with video!

3 Super Easy Iron On Patch Instructions with Video

Do you want to make a DIY mushroom for your yard or garden? Look no further! With just a few items from the dollar store, you can create one that glows.

Easy Dollar Tree DIY Mushroom Solar Light Decor with Video

Do you love Dollar Tree? Me too! I sharing fantastic Dollar Tree Candle Holders DIY with you that are easy and inexpensive.

Super Easy Dollar Tree Candle Holders DIY To Light Up Your Life

Do you love geometric art but not the price tag? I have 3 fantastic and easy ideas you can make on a budget.

Fantastic Geometric Art Ideas On A Budget

You can decorate shoes and take them from boring to fun! I am taking 4 inexpensive sets of shoes and giving them a facelift.

4 Creative and Fun Ways To Decorate Shoes

Do you want to recycle pots and pans? I was given the challenge to find different ways to repurpose these and here are some of my favorites!

10 Awesome and Easy Ways To Recycle Pots and Pans

Have you ever wanted to make some DIY garden mushrooms? All you need is a few items from the thrift store and you can make some on a budget.

Super Easy DIY Garden Mushrooms on a Budget with Video

3. place the can in the freezer

Easy and Terrific DIY Punch Tin Lamps For Your Backyard

Do you want some recycled paper crafts? I took some old magazines and business cards and turned them into a lovely wreath for my home.

How To Make An Amazing Recycled Paper Crafts Wreath

Do you like turtles? If so I have a super cute and easy terra cotta pot DIY for you that can be placed in your home or garden.

Super Cute Turtle Terra Cotta Pot DIY For Your Home

Do you want a display tray for your home? I have 9 DIYs to show you that are helpful for displaying and serving in your home.

9 Creative and Useful Display Tray Ideas for Your Home

If you’re a big fan of making your own jewelry creations, it’s time to start thinking about the new things you can do with your ideas

3 Tips and Tricks for Taking Your Jewelry Creations To The Next Level

What is the best resin for jewelry? I have been working with Total Boat's Makerpoxy and created 3 different styles that are so easy!

Best Resin For Jewelry, 3 Ways To Have Fun

Do you love vintage drawer pulls? I found some glass pulls at a flea market and created a lovely jewelry hanger for my home.

Vintage Drawer Pulls Jewelry Hanger

IKEA Cabinet Door DIY Serving Tray

I let it dry completely.

How To Make Ocean Resin Art on a Serving Tray

Learn how to stencil on leather and vinyl with this easy DIY tutorial. You can take an item found at the store and give it extra detail!

How To Stencil on Leather and Vinyl

Once the trays were dry, I coated them with Folk Art Home Decor Varnish to protect it. I love how these 2 arm tables turned out.

Sofa Arm Tray Useful and Fun DIY

How do you make a homemade wooden box? Here's a wood box DIY that you can use in so many ways in your home.

Amazingly Useful Wood Box DIY

Do you want to make your own garden sphere? I have an easy DIY for you that is inexpensive, easy, and will glow at night.

DIY Garden Sphere with Video

Do you want to know the ins and outs of painting glass? I have done several projects over the years and I'm going to share things you will want to know to be successful.

Painting Glass Made Easy, Answers to The Most Common Questions

Do you love pallet wall decor? With a Plaid Pallet and some Folk Art Stencils, you can create easy and beautiful art for your home.

Stenciled Pallet Wall Decor with Video

How do you make an easy candle holder? These DIY Candle Holders are so easy to make and most of the items you can find at Dollar Tree and the thrift store!

DIY Candle Holders with Video

I have these 3 drawer storage containers several places in our home. Sometimes I like that I can see what's in the drawer, and other times I do not. I came up with an easy and inexpensive way to upcycle the drawers - hiding what's inside and giving it a face lift at the same time.

How To Upcycle Storage Containers Easily and on a Budget

Do you want to know how to patina copper pennies? I love penny projects and I wanted to try to patina copper pennies and create a fun display with our initials on wooden letters that I had on hand. I'll show you how to patina pennies and then create a lovely display.

How To Patina Copper Pennies – Easy DIY Tutorial With Video

Have you wanted to know how to paint with chalk paint? I found a magazine rack at a thrift store and I'm sharing how I painted it with some bonuses too!

Easy How To Paint with Chalk Paint with Video

I let it dry completely and love how it turned out.

DIY Candle Holder Solar Light Decor

What can you do with glass bottles? Upcycle them with bottle painting and there are so many ways to use the bottle.

Easy and Beautiful Bottle Painting

The dollar section in Target is always fun to look at and they always have fun serving trays. I found a raw wood serving tray and I was so excited to upcycle it for my home!

Target Dollar Spot Wood Serving Tray Upcycle with Video

The awesome thing about this particular paint is that it shifts colors between black and gold in the light. It's best to see in person, and I tried to capture this in a photo for you to see as best as I could.

Acrylic Paint Ideas DIY Mug Rack

Tea Towel Art Hack Easy DIY

One of the things I love about this table is that the sides fold down to a 2 person size. I have a very similar one that I inherited from my grandparents. You can see it on my home tour here.

Reclaimed Wood Dining Table and Chairs Awesome and Easy DIY

I found this shelf unit at a garage sale for $5. I wanted to try my hand at some more furniture makeovers and this price allowed me to give it a go! In the beginning I wasn't sure where I'd use this piece because there are so many places we could use shelves. Who doesn't need more shelf space right?

How To Paint A Bookshelf DIY

I placed the glass top back on the table and it was ready to be used.

How To Stencil On Wood

Now I have a bird feeder for my yard.

5 Easy Upcycling Ideas for Your Garden

Your solar chandelier is ready!

Easy Flower Basket to Solar Chandelier

It's easy and you can do this yourself, with your kids, girls night out, etc. Use it as a night light or just a decoration in your home, or it's a great gift idea.

Easy & Beautiful DIY Light Up Wall Art for Your Home

Here are a few other things I’ve converted.

Easy & Beautiful Vase Lights

My husband is happy to see this sweater every day, and my kids love laying on it which also makes him happy as well.

Easy and Awesome No Sew DIY Pillow Covers For Your Home

DIY Easy Farmhouse Pottery Barn Mirror

I'm so excited with how it turned out, it's going to be great gift for my family for Valentine's Day!

Beautiful Thrift Store Heart Table Makeover

How do you cut wine glass bottles? I'm going to show you how to use a glass bottle cutter. The possibilities are endless when it comes to up-cycling bottles. I recently purchased a bottle cutter and now I have even ways to up-cycle those bottles!

How To Use A Glass Bottle Cutter

Put the lid back on and pull one up towards the top.

Easy DIY Plastic Bag Holder

Another way I like to wear my cardigan sweater is to add a fun pin to keep the top part closed. I get to wear fun heirloom pins this way too.

3 Ways To Wear a Sweater

What can I use as a side table? I'm sharing a DIY side table makeover from a game table I found at a thrift store.

Quick and Easy DIY Side Table Makeover For Your Home

This is the original credenza sideboard sitting outside the local community center. I was super excited to find this piece.

Easy DIY Painted Sideboard

If using inside, be sure to crack a window for oxygen flow. Never leave a lit flame unattended.

Easy DIY Indoor Fire Pit and Fire Bowl with Video

What materials can be used to make a lampshade? How do you make an old lampshade look new? How do you revamp a lampshade? I found a cute lamp at a thrift store and I'm sharing my DIY lampshade makeover.

DIY Lampshade Makeover

What can I make with old curtains? What can I do with an old shower curtain? Here are 5 cleaver curtain hacks!

5 Clever Curtain Hacks For Your Home

Did you know you can make your own hand soap dispenser? I'm going to show you a few ways I made them using a mason or recycled jar! This is a fantastic and useful DIY gift idea that everyone needs.

DIY Hand Soap Dispenser

Have you wondered how do you make a coffee table look new? Or maybe how to paint an old coffee table? I'm going to share how I did my coffee table makeover with a $5 garage sale table.

Easy Coffee Table Makeover

Do you ever wonder how to revamp, update, or makeover a side table? In this post I'm making over a side table.

Quick and Easy Side Table Makeover On A Budget

Did you know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month? Have you wondered how to make a breast cancer awareness wreath? I'm a breast cancer survivor and I am sharing how I created a breast cancer awareness wreath.

Breast Cancer Awareness Wreath

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Pottery Barn Mirror Hack

Turn the t-shirt right side out.

How To Upcycle Clothes

It sits by my front door welcoming people. I love how I'll be able to change up the words per month, or season.

Farmhouse Decor for Cheap

Today I am sharing how to stencil with a printable. Can't find the stencil you want?

How To Stencil With A Printable

I let it dry for 24 hours and now it sits on a table on my front porch. This is just one way to use solar lights outside.

3 Ways to Use Solar Lights Outside

That's it for the first one. Make sure to place this somewhere where your solar lights will get plenty of light.

How To Make Solar Light House Numbers

I turned mine into a brush holder, soap dispenser, vase, toothbrush holder, and cotton ball holder

How To Paint Mason Jars and Distress Them Easily with Video

I let the silicone harden for 24 hours and then it was finished.

Top 14 Ways To Use Solar Lights In Your Home

Ever wondered how to make an easy cinder block bench for your outdoor area? I had built this outdoor bench years ago and it was time to fix it up.

How To Make A Cinder Block Bench

I put my yard stake out in my yard, and simply hung the watering can on it. Stake is 3 feet & the watering can is 8 inches.

Watering Can Yard Decor

Many people know I love thift stores and solar lights. Put them together and I can create some great things for my yard. Do you have an old chandelier you don't know what to do with? I picked up a few from thrift stores, Facebook Marketplace, and Nextdoor.com, and I'm turning them into solar chandeliers.

How To Make An Awesome and Easy Outdoor Solar Chandelier

Do you like wind chimes and wonder how to make them? I had . Using a flower basket from the dollar store, some utensils from my husband's grandma and my grandma, I was able to create Dollar Tree Wind Chimes.

How To Make Super Fun Dollar Tree Wind Chimes

Do you want homemade garden decor ideas? I have 4 easy projects for you that can be created and adapted using items from the thrift stores.

4 Easy Homemade Garden Decor Ideas on a Budget

Once the sign was dry, I put it on my front porch for display.

Amazingly Easy DIY Front Porch Welcome Sign For Your Home

Here is the other set, and I love how the fairy lights remind me of fireflies.

Mason Jar DIY Lights Easy and Beautiful

Now I have a bird feeder for my yard.

Easy Thrift Store Makeovers

Once they're dried (and again make sure to check the cure times), place them outside to enjoy! You can see more of my dish flower creations here - https://chascrazycreations.com/garden-flowers-made-from-dishes/

How To Make Garden Dish Flowers

Now it has a fun glow. You could easily switch these decals out per season.

7 Easy DIY Makeovers

I bought some candle holders from a thrift store, blue mason jars from a garage sale, and put them together with some solar lights to create a beautiful light up sidewalk for my home.

Mason Jar Solar Light Sidewalk

Have you ever needed more counter space? I'll share how to build a kitchen island and storage shelf for your home, and show how many ways you can use it.

DIY Storage Self and Kitchen Island

Our family loves superheros and my son wanted to update his room. I found this little old table on Facebook Marketplace for $10, and with a little paint, superheros, and a little love we gave this side table a makeover.

Chalk Paint Side Table: It’s So Easy and Has Amazing Results

If you want the tea cup stand to be more solid, dig a little hole and bury the stand bottom in the ground.

Pouring Tea Pot & Tea Cup Decor

I bought a couple dollar store soap dispensers and they were kind of plain so I decided to upcycle them with stencils. I also had a couple recycled mason jars that I upcycled into soap dispensers.

Upcycle Soap Dispensers

Here's the completed night light and I love it. Place this anywhere in your home and share the inspiration.

5 Easy DIY Makeovers

Are you wondering how to do a DIY filing cabinet makeover? I not only did just that but also made a desk and it was so easy!

Easy and Useful DIY Filing Cabinet Makeover with Video

I added the snacks I wanted into my snack box and placed it in my office. I was able to add tea, a mug, a spoon, some protein bars, and nuts. I placed it next to a container holding water for my tea. I can fill my cup and place it on my mug warmer.

How To Make A Snack Station

I wanted to try my hand at furniture makeovers and when I found this shelf for $5 I knew it was a great piece to work on. Added bonus, I already had several items on hand to work on it.

Awesome and Easy Furniture Makeover with Video

Are you looking for chalkboard placemats? Love to recycle something you already have and turn it into something new? 

Awesome and Easy DIY Chalkboard Placemats With Video

I let them both dry completely. Both candle holders took on a little bit of the tint but not too much. This was just enough to give them that driftwood and coastal look I was going for.

Coastal Wood Candle Upcycle

Here is the easel option if you’d rather not hang it on your door.

2 Easy and Important No Soliciting & Message Board Signs

I set the first one down on the bench seat, and I tied the other cushion to the back. You can see both rug sayings I picked in this picture.

Easy DIY Chair Cushions Sew and No Sew Options with video

I painted the top with Folk Art Home Decor Varnish to protect the table top.

Updated Side Table

Are you wondering what to do with old encyclopedias? I figured out a way to reuse them in our home without damaging them!

A Unique and Easy Way Reuse Old Encyclopedias and Books In Your Home

Here's the completed chair. Two things I love about this chair - it has wheels so it can be rolled around easy, and it folds down flat so you can put it away when not in use.

Posture Correcting Chair Makeover

Are you looking for a ceiling fan makeover? You can turn your ugly fan into something hip and new with just a few easy steps.

Amazing and Easy Ceiling Fan Makeover with Video

I realized the candle holders were not completely straight so putting taper candles in them might lead to a big mess down the road.

Faux Birch Aspen Candle Holders

I removed the painters tape and let the piece dry completely.

Hobby Lobby Plant Stands Side Tables

Now I can clip on my recipes easy for cooking but that's not all ...

Easy Recipe Holder

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